Tidy-holder



W. PALMER.

(No Model.)

TIDY HOLDER.

No. 469,590. Patented Feb. 23, 1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IVESLEY PALMER, OF SEDALIA, MISSOURI.

TIDYV-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 469,590, dated February 23, 1892. Application filed May 29, 1891. Serial No. 394,574. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WESLEY PALMER, a citiaen of the United States, residing at Sedalia, inthe county of Pettis and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Tidy-Holder, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to furniture, and more especially to the devices used for holding tidies, scarfs, and the like; and the object of the same is to produce certain improvements in devices of this character.

To this end the invention consists in the specic details of construction hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and as illustrated on the sheet of drawings, wherein- Figure l is a perspective view of the front of a chair-back with a tidy supported thereon by my improved holder. Fig. 2 is a rear-elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is an enlarged side elevation Y of the holder proper, showing it as opened so as to pass over the chair-back and illustrating only the nearer side of the device. Fig. i is a front elevation of the holder complete.

Referring to the said drawings, the letter designates a tidy, scarf, throw, or even a cover for chairs or other articles of furniture, and in some cases a towel, and H is my improved holder which clasps this tidy (or other article) and holds the same upon the back of a chair, a sofa, a waslrstand, or abureau or upon Vany other article of furniture F or upon the edge of the mantel or a picture-frame. This holder is of a single piece of spring-wire bent into the following shape.

The center of the wire is formed into a large loop L, preferably circular, above' which it is twisted, as at T, to maintain the shape of the loop. The two parts of the wire then pass upwardly, as at U, and turn rearwardly in right angles R, whence they extend into small coiled springs S, from which they pass downwardly at D and preferably cross each other about in rear of the twist T at the point X. Below this point of crossing they are again twisted, as at T', from which point they extend upwardly and outwardly, as at V, forming an approximately V-shaped figure, and the extremities E are bent inwardly into small hooks.

In use the tidy is passed. through the loop L at the point at which it is desired to support the tidy, and the bight or loop of the tidy then passes in front of the twist T, the upright arms U, the angles R, and the springs S, and is drawn downwardly over the latter and its edge engaged in the hooks E, as best seen in Fig. 2. By this means the holder is completely hidden, except the lower end of the loop L, and the tidy passes over no sharp corners which would tear it and makes no sudden curves or sharp angles, which would be unsightly in an ornamental article of this nature. The downwardly-extending arms D, the twist T', and the divergent arms V form a tongue depending from the springs S, which hold its lower end (the twist T) normally against the backof the loop, and in order to support the holder and hence the tidy t this tongue is sprung to the rear and is passed over the back of the chair F, as seen in dotted lines in Fig. 3. The force of the springs clamps the chair-back between the tongue and the tidy t, which then passes through the loop, and thus the device is held in place.

The wire of which this holder is made may be painted, japanned, nickled, silvered, or gilded, and the size and shape of parts are susceptible of considerable modification without departing from the spirit of my invention.

X'Vhat is claimed as new is- The herein-described tidy-holder, the same consisting of a single piece of wire doubled upon itself to form a loop at its center, a twist above the same, upwardly-extending angular arms ending in coiled springs, depending arms leading from said springs and formed into a tongue which is pressed by the springs toward the loop, and rearwardly-divergent arms rising from the tongue and having their extremistanding beneath said springs and facing In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

VESLEY PALMER.

"Witnessesf ROBERT JOHNSTON, SARAH A. JOHNSTON.

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